If the weather forecast can be believed, we might get some decent weather for the bank holiday weekend, a great opportunity to take the family for a picnic in the park. You don’t have to spend a fortune – pick up the makings of a lunch in Lidl, while Argos has a 22-litre cooler

Technically speaking there’s still another month left in the summer, even if the weather has other ideas. Still, with the kids off school and many parents taking a break from work, it’s time to take a few trips – for free. Historical haunts Pay a visit to one of Ireland

Game of Homes You might be forgiven for thinking that hit television series (and, some people seem to forget, a fantastic book series) Game of Thrones is about the destructive power of love, revenge or simple greed (tempered with a great deal of violence, it has to be said). But, acco

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” Jojen might be a fictional character from the world of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, but that doesn’t mean he’s wrong. We’ve always loved readin

If books are your thing, and you like nothing better than losing yourself in an intricately crafted world for hours on end, then George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire is the perfect book series for you (presuming you’ve already managed to avoid the widespread spoiler